Former alderman Rhodes charged in firebombing plot

12:31 AM,
Apr. 19, 2013

Rhodes

Written by

Josh Dooley
JDOOLEY@BAXTERBULLETIN.COM

Former Mountain Home alderman Ron Rhodes twice provided detailed information to a man he allegedly hired to firebomb a car for him, according to a probable cause affidavit released Tuesday by Mountain Home Police Chief Carry Manuel.

Rhodes, 80, was arrested Saturday by Mountain Home police on a charge of solicitation to commit arson for allegedly asking a man to firebomb the vehicle of 79-year-old Wendell "James" Bond of Mountain Home, a community activist with whom Rhodes reportedly has had an ongoing feud of at least four years.